This is the REAL reason women cheat - according to those who have

A CHEATING wife may have very different reasons she has been caught cheating when compared to a male partner who has. Those asking “Is my boyfriend cheating on me?” are more likely to find someone else made the first move - while women cheat due to a lack of attention.

A new study has revealed the top reasons that women and men cheat on their partners, and the information is very revealing.

Men are more likely to cheat if they feel their current relationship is already over, whereas women are most likely to cheat if they aren't being given enough attention by their partner, or if they are drunk.

Two-fifths of Britons who have cheated continued as though nothing had happened after being unfaithful, choosing not to come clean to their partner.

Women seemed to cheat for emotional reasons, whereas male attitudes to cheating stemmed from physical urges or more practical logic.

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Women caught cheating reveal not being given enough attention is the main reason why

Only 18 per cent of women cheated because they were seduced by someone else making the first move.

Revenge also featured as the third most likely reason women would cheat, an excuse that didn’t feature in the men’s list.

Almost half of cheaters will carry on as normal after the discretion, while only 30 per cent came clean and apologised.

Of those who only confessed to cheating once they’d been caught, 57 per cent admitted that their relationship continued for some time past the confession.

Top reasons men gave for cheating

1. Someone else made the first move - 48 per cent

2. My relationship was pretty much over, we just hadn’t broken up - 42 per cent

3. My sex life at home was suffering - 39 per cent

4. I thought it was potentially going somewhere - 24 per cent

5. I was drunk - 21 per cent

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Women seemed to cheat for emotional reasons, whereas male attitudes to cheating where different

The research was carried out by www.VoucherCodesPro.co.uk as part of an ongoing study into British attitudes towards relationships.

Of Britons aged 18 and over, 2,312 took part and all of whom did state that they’d cheated in a relationship at least once in their life.